conveyor belts

Factory loop carriers

Conveyor belts is the plural of conveyor belt, a continuous loop of material that moves objects from one place to another.

Found in factories, airports, and supermarket checkouts: Luggage circled on the conveyor belt.

Figuratively, a conveyor belt is any system that produces things in steady succession: The studio became a conveyor belt for action films.

Opposites
material handling method

conveyor beltswheelbarrows

One-wheeled manual carts

hand trucks · forklifts · bucket brigades · hand carts · dollies

automation level

conveyor beltsmanual labor

Work done bodily

bucket brigade · pack mules · beast of burden · draft animals

movement type

conveyor beltsstockpiles

Accumulated reserves kept ready

storage racks · storage bins

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G